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Defiance Public Library Newsletter March 1989

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320 Fort Street
Defiance, Ohio 43512
782-1456
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THE
FORT
Volume 7, No. 2
March 1989
Doug Armbruster, editor
Libirar;y hires Gardner
director
The Defiance Public Library
board of trustees has announced
that Ava A. Gardner, currently
director of Monroe County District
Library in Woodsfield, Ohio, has
been hired to be the new library
director. She will assume her duties
at Defiance Public Library by
Monday, March 20.
Miss Gardner replaces Mary Kay
Reineke, who has been interim
director since the death of Jane
Small last September.
John Roehrig, president of the
library board, said, "We are looking
forward to her arrival, bringing
with her many years of experience
with a very strong library
background.
Gardner has been the director
of Monroe County District Library
in southeastern Ohio for the past
12 years.
As a native of Kenton, Gardner
said that she was anxious to return
to the Northwest Ohio area.
"Defiance seems to have a real
sense of history, and professionally
I was looking to go to a larger
library and a larger town than where
I am now. Being in Northwest Ohio
where I grew up and feel really
comfortable is a definite
advantage."
Gardner says she plans to get
adjusted to the library and the
way it operates before she sets
any large goals or plans.
"First, I want to get a feeling
for how the library operates
presently and get to know the
community before I make any changes
or set any major goals."
She adds, "I have been involved
in a computerized circulation
project somewhat similar to what
is going on at Defiance, and I am
commited to seeing that through
to completion."
Gardner earned a bachelor's
degree in history from Ohio Northern
University in 1973. She then lived
and worked in Columbus for a short
while before returning to school
at Kent State University where she
earned her Master of Library Science
degree in 1976. She has also
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UL
UJ
P
IB
>
320 Fort Street
Defiance, Ohio 43512
782-1456
^HOLDING
THE
FORT
Volume 7, No. 2
March 1989
Doug Armbruster, editor
Libirar;y hires Gardner
director
The Defiance Public Library
board of trustees has announced
that Ava A. Gardner, currently
director of Monroe County District
Library in Woodsfield, Ohio, has
been hired to be the new library
director. She will assume her duties
at Defiance Public Library by
Monday, March 20.
Miss Gardner replaces Mary Kay
Reineke, who has been interim
director since the death of Jane
Small last September.
John Roehrig, president of the
library board, said, "We are looking
forward to her arrival, bringing
with her many years of experience
with a very strong library
background.
Gardner has been the director
of Monroe County District Library
in southeastern Ohio for the past
12 years.
As a native of Kenton, Gardner
said that she was anxious to return
to the Northwest Ohio area.
"Defiance seems to have a real
sense of history, and professionally
I was looking to go to a larger
library and a larger town than where
I am now. Being in Northwest Ohio
where I grew up and feel really
comfortable is a definite
advantage."
Gardner says she plans to get
adjusted to the library and the
way it operates before she sets
any large goals or plans.
"First, I want to get a feeling
for how the library operates
presently and get to know the
community before I make any changes
or set any major goals."
She adds, "I have been involved
in a computerized circulation
project somewhat similar to what
is going on at Defiance, and I am
commited to seeing that through
to completion."
Gardner earned a bachelor's
degree in history from Ohio Northern
University in 1973. She then lived
and worked in Columbus for a short
while before returning to school
at Kent State University where she
earned her Master of Library Science
degree in 1976. She has also
(continued on back page)